plenipotent

American  

[pluh-nip-uh-tuhnt] / pləˈnɪp ə tənt /

adjective

1. invested with or possessing full power.

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plenipotent British  

/ pləˈnɪpətənt /

adjective

1. a less common word for plenipotentiary

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Etymology

Origin of plenipotent

First recorded in 1650–60; from Medieval Latin plēnipotent- (stem of plēnipotēns ), equivalent to plēni-, the combining form of plēnus “full” and potent-, the combining form of potēns, the present participle of posse “to be able, have power”

Example Sentences

And now, a valorous army of the female gender, their pockets plentifully provided with plenipotent ammunition of eggs, formed themselves, in heroic ambuscade, near the church door, purposing right courageously to assail the clerical enemy, if he should haughtily refuse the offices of Christian sepulture to the deceased child.

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Where is the abode, and what is the origin of this plenipotent conjurer?

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And Hatfield loved this little human tiger that had come to-day to arraign him with the iron gusto of a born ruler and all the plenipotent fire of a vice king and despot.

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Plenipotent, majestic night settled on the throne of the supernal cosmos, diademed with a million twinkling jewels to dazzle his mundane subjects.

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And when she rose up, a plenipotent strength of understanding had lifted her crying spirit out and up to a sanctuary of truth; and she stood in the early hour of coming day, serene and triumphant, with the lustre of a conquering light in her purposeful eyes, and faced a new world.

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